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He was cut in two by the saw mill and after his funeral whenever anyone pass his house at night that could hear his "hant" going

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

Does not that word _hantu_, meaning in Malay an evil spirit, have some obscure connection with our American negro "hant," a goblin or ghost?

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

She wrapped her head in the blanket -- a "hant" that cursed and trampled like cattle was too awful!

The Durket Sperret, 1898

The awfulness of going alone into the room where the "hant" had rocked in the chairs, and where all day yesterday the corpse had lain -- and the more mundane terror of having a hand in the division of the Durket property shook her being to its foundations, for the Durkets were fierce and reckless.

The Durket Sperret, 1898

If Hannah could adduce a "hant," all the world would support her against Si and the plowed graveyard and desecrated gravestones.

The Durket Sperret, 1898

It's fascinating -- I haven't heard a good 'hant' yarn since old Mammy Chloe died, back at Meadow Green. "

The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play Paul Dickey 1909

Note 42: "Disu sälig swester gelernet nie latin noch schriben vnd schreib doch die vier passion in tútsch mit ir hant."

Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

Vnd do si in dirr andaht was, do sah si einen byschoff vor ir stan, vnd hatt der einen guldin kelch in siner hant vnd sprach zü ir: 'Enpfiengist du gern vnsern herren?'

Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

It beez sum nonymuss twonk owt in etherwhirld prolly,hoo hant got nuffin bedder tew do cept ambush nermal peepz comyunicayshunz.

White mouse… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

The loss of contrasts in word-final position is rather common crosslinguistically as we can observe in German where the word Hand is pronounced /hant/ since voicing contrasts are likewise neutralized word-finally.

What are Etruscans doing with those eggs? 2008